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Confusion regarding the correct destination airport between the flight crew and ATC contributed to tardy and rushed descent culminating in a large altitude bust to VMC and a visual approach and landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 840515 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BAM.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach Final Approach Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Air/Ground Communication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
On an IFR flight plan from cxp to bam; a flight of :36 minutes. Pilot flying (me) got behind in the descent. There was a mid level cloud layer. Center confused our destination as eko upon the hand-off from ZOA. Confusion about the if/IAF (diyla) the fix ZOA had cleared us direct to. ZLC kept giving us clearances to fixes we didn't have on the charts at hand; telling us to expect a visual approach (based on eko weather). I thought they were still thinking eko instead of bam. PNF had been complaining about loud side tone due to recent cvr installation. I'm just wondering if that's part of the problem. Finally heard a clearance from diyla to bam. I queried the pilot not flying and he understood us cleared for the approach. In hindsight; I'm not so sure. We continued inbound on the approach; fast; high; and descending. Both ZLC and I were anticipating a visual approach. We broke out about a mile from the map at approximately 8;000 MSL; a good 3000 above the MDA. I had the pilot not flying cancel IFR and we circled to land uneventfully. The last assigned altitude was 12;000. A big bust if it was a bust. Recommend following the following quote from my favorite flying book: 'enter the hold; stabilize; clarify the situation; then do the approach.' complicating factors: a new program of standardization that has me working overtime to break 14.5 year old habits.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Confusion regarding the correct destination airport between the flight crew and ATC contributed to tardy and rushed descent culminating in a large altitude bust to VMC and a visual approach and landing.
Narrative: On an IFR flight plan from CXP to BAM; a flight of :36 minutes. Pilot flying (me) got behind in the descent. There was a mid level cloud layer. Center confused our destination as EKO upon the hand-off from ZOA. Confusion about the IF/IAF (DIYLA) the fix ZOA had cleared us direct to. ZLC kept giving us clearances to fixes we didn't have on the charts at hand; telling us to expect a visual approach (based on EKO weather). I thought they were still thinking EKO instead of BAM. PNF had been complaining about loud side tone due to recent CVR installation. I'm just wondering if that's part of the problem. Finally heard a clearance from DIYLA to BAM. I queried the pilot not flying and he understood us cleared for the approach. In hindsight; I'm not so sure. We continued inbound on the approach; fast; high; and descending. Both ZLC and I were anticipating a visual approach. We broke out about a mile from the MAP at approximately 8;000 MSL; a good 3000 above the MDA. I had the pilot not flying cancel IFR and we circled to land uneventfully. The last assigned altitude was 12;000. A big bust if it was a bust. Recommend following the following quote from my favorite flying book: 'enter the hold; stabilize; clarify the situation; then do the approach.' Complicating factors: a new program of standardization that has me working overtime to break 14.5 year old habits.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.